White and Red Horses of Revelation 6

One connection I heard about the bow comes from Gen 21:20 God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. Archers use bows. This verse is about Abraham's son Ishmael who became the father of the Arab nations.

Remember our sealed riders have been riding before. In the book of Zechariah except they were pulling chariots...

Zechariah 6:1-9 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

These Spirits from Heaven rode in relationship to the directions of North, South, East and West. Whats interesting is that most flags of the Middle East countries contain these colors.



I suspect they have been riding since the book of revelation was written around 90 AD.
If we are not in the fifth seal time period already may God help us.

More staggering statistics on Christian persecution
1,600,000 plus – massacred by Ottoman Muslims in Turkey, Armenia in 1820s
120,000 plus – Greek Christians massacred by Turks in Smyrna in one day in 1922
600,000 plus – Sudanese Christians murdered by Islamic government in 1963
1,200,000 – Catholics and ‘underground church’ Christians died in Soviet Union in 1925
200,000 plus – Ukrainian Orthodox in Soviet Ukraine in 1927
100,000 plus – Lithuanian Christians killed by the Nazis, then Soviets from 1940-1980
450,000 plus – Yugoslav and Serbian Orthodox & others by Nazi and Soviets up to 1990s
125,000 plus – Lutheran Confessing Church, Catholics and others by humanist Nazis 1933-1945
200,000 – Christians executed during Korean War and by North Korean Communists 1950-2000
520,000 – Christian Hutus and Tutsi killed each other in Rwanda’s 1994 civil war
300,000 plus – Protestant Evangelicals killed in Colombia’s ‘La Violenza’ civil war 1948-58
Christian current persecution of the Middle East

BrazenLaver, the data you provided on the persecution of Christians is astounding! I can't imagine just how many souls are under the altar in heaven as described by Revelation 6:9-11.

Also, the information about the flags of the Middle East is quite interesting to me--all 4 colors! Wow!

When the Tetrad Blood Moons occurred recently, I was wondering if perhaps they were signs that the 4 horsemen of Revelation were preparing to ride. I thought it interesting that of all the seals, only 4 were described as horses with riders--perhaps connecting to the Tetrad. After the 1st Blood Moon, I was theorizing that perhaps ISIS would be connected with the white horse, as ISIS suddenly popped up onto the world news shortly after the Blood Moon, and there was much talk about their maps in which they'd planned to reestablish an Islamic caliphate with 10 regions. I'm no longer so sure that theory holds water, though I'm keeping it on the possibilities list in my study notebook. I'm also considering Turkey and the interesting news events from the recent referendum.

Since the Revelation of Jesus was given to John at Patmos, it is my understanding that the dispensation of the Church has seen these riders going forth, especially from Jerusalem to the land of the middle east. The time is from 100 AD - 2017AD. Out of 1917 years of history since Revelation of Jesus we had nearly 1230 years of non-christian Gentile occupiers of Jerusalem. 638 Fall to Caliph Umar and the recapture of Jerusalem in 1967.

May I suggest the White horse of Christianity. Defeated the Roman Empire with out a weapon of war. From Constantine 332AD to Heraclius. 638AD
The rise of the Red Sword of Islam. From the Dome of the Rock, to the Great Schism of West and Eastern Christianity. 688AD-1054AD So much war and blood shed.
The rise of the Black Rule of Koran(The Dark Ages). From 1054AD-To the fall of Constinople 1453AD. No Writings were allowed except the Koran for Most of the Mediterranean.
The Pale Rider of the Ottoman Rule. Islam with its factions of Shia and Sunni up to WWI. (1453 AD-1917 AD) When General Allenby rides into Jerusalem.



The Fifth Seal. The last hundred years has seen the most death tolls of humanity from WWI, WWII, And Current WW3 since 911.

120,000 plus – Greek Christians massacred by Turks in Smyrna in one day in 1922
600,000 plus – Sudanese Christians murdered by Islamic government in 1963
1,200,000 – Catholics and ‘underground church’ Christians died in Soviet Union in 1925
200,000 plus – Ukrainian Orthodox in Soviet Ukraine in 1927
100,000 plus – Lithuanian Christians killed by the Nazis, then Soviets from 1940-1980
450,000 plus – Yugoslav and Serbian Orthodox & others by Nazi and Soviets up to 1990s
125,000 plus – Lutheran Confessing Church, Catholics and others by humanist Nazis 1933-1945
200,000 – Christians executed during Korean War and by North Korean Communists 1950-2000
520,000 – Christian Hutus and Tutsi killed each other in Rwanda’s 1994 civil war
300,000 plus – Protestant Evangelicals killed in Colombia’s ‘La Violenza’ civil war 1948-58
Christian current persecution of the Middle East

Very saddening... I didn't know about the atrocities in Sudan or Colombia. I can't imagine how terrible the tribulation will be.